Toshiba's dual-screen Libretto W100 laptop on sale in America for $1,100
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It's like getting two iPads.
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If it's different make it and sell it!
LOVE IT!!!
Is it bad that the only thing shocking to me is the fact that they managed to cram an 8 cell battery into this thing when nearly every 9 cell laptop battery on the market is partially external?
Even though it runs Windows 7 of some description I'd buy one if it went on sale in the UK.
I think the price is too low. What they need to do is jack the price up to $1800. Then slap a bunch of Apple stickers on it and they'll have no problems selling this.
In all seriousness, it's a cool gadget, but not quite sure what problem it solves. It'll be interesting to see how people use it. I like it in the e-reader mode. I can see where it would work well to integrate the reading with some active note taking.
It should be called a Netbook/Tablet. I played with a prototype a couple of months ago. The screen on the left is heavier and has haptic feedback. You can load up one of several different keyboards. You stand it on a desk like a netbook. It feels really solid and well built.
I think using it like a netbook will be the main use until more Windows tablet specific software comes out.
@SFHandyman
I'm on the Mobile app and didn't realize there was a video. You can see it set up like a notebook. I think the prototype was a little thicker so it might have changed some between the one I saw and the production model.
The split keyboard layout is so you can hold it and type with just your thumbs. It would be an alternative to trying to balance it on your lap and typing like you would on a real keyboard.
They should try $600
It`s a limited production device , and looks more appealing than the iPad.
When windows 8 comes out this thing will be a 1000x better.
@delicatessen lama
When Windows 8 comes out this thing will be obsolete
@Adeptus :: It is the thought that counts :)
I don't have a problem with the price, it does look a lot smaller than I thought it would. Seems more of a fashion exercise than useable product. Not to say I wouldn't buy one.
something like 1/2/3hr battery life depending on the battery? it's still gorgeous as all get out! akihabara news did a preview on it. don't know if it's the same thing but pretty close...... http://en.akihabaranews.com/57080/hands-on/preview-toshiba-libretto-w100-a-digital-evolution-with-video
This is exactly what I have dreamt for! Just perhaps I will wait until they bring out the next gen one and reduce the fricken price!
Let me get this straight. It's a thick dual-screen netbook, with tiny 7" screens (netbooks even come with 10" these days), lots of bezel at folding point and all this running desktop Win7? Not to mention the price ~$1100?
For that price i can get:
- netbook
- iPhone4 on contract
- iPad
all of the 3 devices instead of that Tosh...
Make that thing 600 bucks - and people will buy it.
@bathellfire
No it's not thick, it's about the same thinkness as iPad will unfolded. None of the devices you mention will allow to multi-task as well as this. Watch a movie and check emails, FB, whatever. This one device also is only the weight of an iPad BTW.
This is a SINGLE powerful device, what you're descrbing is a freeking gadget bag. You can buy 10 Fords for the price one Ferrari but why?
@Heatlesssun When you get yours, launcha a few apps and lets see how fast the battery will die. Also, how great the video will be on 7" screen and how fast and efficient the OS will run.
Btw, 10 Forda would be useless because it's the same thing. What I described is different devices (do different things). So, instead of buying a Ferrari, i'd buy a Ford, go around the world and go around and rent a nice place for a year.
Preo-ordered mine from Japan and will have it Friday! The haters can hate all they want, there's not a better touch screen keyboard ANYWHERE and this is actually a slate device that will be able to do REAL multi-tasking. Oh, and I can actually print documents and pictures from it. Oh, you can get a capacitive stylus for inking. Oh and it has had a web cam. Oh and it can play Windows games that need a keyboard and mouse. Oh and it can play recorded TV stright from my Windows Media Center. Oh and I can plug a DVD or Blu Ray drive in and play movies from disc. Oh and I use an USB monitor adapter and do PowerPoints. Oh and I can run IE, FF, Chrome and even Safari. Oh and it makes a kick ass eReader with dual screens. Oh and it has the best free from data organizer on a touch screen device.
You get the picture. It costs $1100 (I paid a LOT more to get it from Japan with an extra battery and WiMAx radio) because it can do ANYTHING. Some people have money and can afford nice things. They don't all want crappy iPads and cheap Chinese Android devices that can't do HALF these things. Not that they are bad devices, they simply aren't as good as something like this.
Should have the first stateside and IN DEPTH reviews of this thing up over the weekend.
/WANT SO HARDDDD
$1.1K is really expensive? Did I miss some development and suddenly tablets, even alone dual-screen tablets, are now usually cheap? Maybe on eBay, but not new... This price doesn't seem bad at all.
I thought Microsoft said they couldn't make this thing? oh wait, this is toshiba. haha.Guess we know where those fired MS execs have been 'consulting'
@SpongeBobPistolPants
I don't think that it was so much that Courier couldn't be made but look at all of the complaints over the price of this thing and Courier would have to have an active pen digitizer added to this so I don't think that the market would have been that receptive to a $1500 secondary computing device.
And this is a limited run concept device so I don't think that Toshiba that it was REALLY ready for the mainstream either.
It's sold out on Toshiba's website. I believe it's in stock at Amazon, need to order mine quick!
Any thoughts on the ability to use this as a mobile phone?
i'd love to get a data only plan from verizon to use this as my mobile phone off a voip client.
For all of the whiners out there that cried about price point.... SOLD OUT in one day. Not bad at all.
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/ebtext.to?page=W100
This thing will be a dream for buisiness man and fortunate traveller for sure ... hope it will be launched whithin europe soon, lucky american again !!